Whiffletree-plate.



'No. 772,587. PATENTED oo'r. 18,1904.

- w. F. STUART.

WHIPFLBTREE PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED 1'33. 23, 1 904.

NO MODEL. 7

MinssesQ I I j Inw/niofl .7;2%- 1 Mme/Tm UNITED STATES,

Patented October 18, 1904. I

PATENT OFFICE.

WHlFFLETREE-PLATE.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,587, dated October 18, 1904.

Application filed February 23, 1904:. Serial No. 194,968- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. STUART, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whiffietree-Plates, of

- which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to whiffletree-plates, and has for its object to provide for and render the plate non-rattling; and it consists in combining with the bolts that hold the'two plates together rubber or elastic cushions in such amanner'that as said plates become worn the wear shall be taken up, and thus obviate the annoyance of the rattling of loose parts.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear side elevation of the whiffletree'and the cross-bar to which it is attached, showing my attachment of rubber cushions to the bolts. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through the whliiiletree and cross-bar, the plates, and the b0 ts.

upper and lower plates. Fig. 5 is a view of the rubber plate which is attached to the un der side of the cross-bar and through which the main bolt passes. Fig. 6 represents the rubber cushion which sets in said plate, Fig. 5. Fig.

7 represents in detail the several parts comprising the rear bolt and its cushioning mechanism.

A represents a cross-bar, andB the whiifletree,-oi' a pair of thills of a buggy or wagon.

C is the lower rub-plate, and D is the upper rub-plate, attached, respectively, to the cross-bar and whiffletree. of said plate are projections O and D, O having a curved slot 0 and D having a square'bolthole d.

E is the main bolt through the whifldetree,

. the plates, and the cross-bar and upon which the whiifietree may turn to the extent of the curved slot in the plate C.

Figs. 3 and dare face views of the To the rear side F is a loop-plate attached to the under side of the cross-bar and has a cavity or seat for receiving the rubber cushion G.

H is a washer, and I is a nut, holding the rubber in place.

Through the projections C and D is placed a bolt J, extending downward and having cup-.

shaped washers Kand L, between which is placed a conical rubber cushion M, placed thereon and held in place by a nut N.

From the foregoing it will be seen that bythe addition of the rubber cushions on the bolts E and J the whiflietree connections are made antirattling. V

The loop-plate F is to be used on the ends ofthecrosLs-bar of a wagon-pole for attaching straps.

Having described my invention, what I claim is The improvement in whifiietree-plates' as set forth, consisting of the combination with the cross-bar, the whiflietree, the wear-plates and the extensions thereon, and the bolts WILLIAM F. STUART.

Witnesses:

W. R. STUART, LAUR NE CRONENDERY. 

